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Wien Hailok Bush, a 62-year-old Honduran, had been reported missing since Sunday, November 15, when Hurricane Iota passed through the island.
During the passage of Hurricane Iota through Providencia on November 15, the 62-year-old Honduran Hailok Bush would have hidden in a refrigerator to protect himself from the storm and strong winds. The man had been missing since that date. The old refrigerator, with the body inside, was found two weeks later in the center of Providencia.
With the discovery of Hailok Bush, there are no more missing persons in Providencia. In total, Hurricane Iota left four fatalities and destroyed 98% of the island’s infrastructure. Of the thousand houses that there were, only five were left standing.
In context: “Providencia is destroyed, there is not a house that is well”, tourist who lived the Iota pass
Hurricane Iota, which passed just 18 kilometers from Providencia, was the first to reach a category 5 in Colombia. Its winds of 250 kilometers per hour were an unprecedented phenomenon for its more than 6,000 inhabitants.
Read also: Animals, the other victims left by Hurricane Iota in Providencia
